Local Outreach

How we engage in our local community

At Connection, we want to be a blessing to our community in any way we can. We are always looking for opportunities to meet practical needs, whether that means helping keep the lights on for a family in need, providing Christmas gifts for children, or stepping in during difficult seasons with tangible support and care.

At the same time, we believe one of the most powerful ways to make a lasting impact is by connecting people directly to the needs around them. Through our Connect 1:27 ministry, we help connect our church family to opportunities surrounding foster care and family support. We also partner with and highlight incredible organizations throughout our community that are already doing meaningful work, helping our people find practical ways to serve, give, and get involved.

Take a look below to learn more about how you can make a difference in our community.

What is Connect 1:27?

Connect 1:27 is a ministry that focuses on preventing kids from entering foster care, identifying and training families for placement of foster kids, and partnering with families that are receiving kids for foster care to support and care for them.

Prevention

80% of foster placements happen because of neglect rather than abuse. Neglect often occurs when a caregiver is unable to adequately provide for the child rather than lacking a heart for the child. Through an agency called Promise868 we are able to need very tangible and specific needs. We need a large crowd of people meeting small, specific needs when they can and as they feel led. If only a few are meeting needs, it’s a heavy load; if it’s a large crowd, it’s a manageable load!

Partnership

Those who are receiving kids into their home for foster placements need our support. We can partner with them in specific ways to make a big difference! Don’t underestimate this. We need groups of people to surround each family that is receiving foster placements to aid with meals, laundry, lawn care, and/or an endless list of needs that supports a family in the midst of raising foster children.

Placement

There’s no way around it; Statesboro needs more foster families willing to receive children into their homes. Most kids that wind up in the foster system wind up being sent to other counties, which makes reunification almost impossible. We strategically partner with Families 4 Families, a Christian foster care organization, that walks alongside church families to care for foster children in a way that is covered with support, community, and resources.

Become a part of Connect 1:27

The goal for Connect 1:27 is that the entire church gets to be a part in some way. More Foster Families are always needed, but even if that isn't your calling, you can still play a part! Whether that is meeting the needs of someone to prevent their child or family member from going into foster care, or supporting the families in our church who currently have foster kids in their homes.

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Local Partners

Every member of the body of Christ has a role to play, and we believe we are better together. There are great organizations and ministries that serve people in incredible ways in our communities and each year we partner with these agencies financially so they can continue reaching and serving more people. We don't believe we have to do it all at Connection, and when we see organizations meeting real needs in our communities, we want to come alongside and support them in their efforts.

While our primary “ministry” to our community are the disciples we invest in and send out into the World to be the hands and feet of Jesus, we have tried to build a network of partnerships that can provide better care for more people than we could do alone. These partnerships include:
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Esther's Place

esthers-place.com

217 Savannah Ave. Statesboro, GA 30458

912 225 6583

info@esthersplace@gmail.com

To stand beside fatherless families, widowed and the orphaned, offering hope, resources and community so they can build strength, discover purpose, and thrive in every area of life.


The Button

www.thebuttongives.com

515 Denmark Street, 
Suite 2500, 
Statesboro, Georgia 30458

912 259 9596

Lizabeth@TheButtonGives.com

Discretely providing free personal hygiene products to Bulloch County Students since 2022


The logo for Choices of the Heart features a lavender circle with two white, heart-shaped swirls inside, next to the text on a white background.

Choices of 
the Heart

www.choicesoftheheart.org

425 E. Grady St., Statesboro, GA 30458

912 764 4303

choicesoftheheartprc@gmail.com

To lead those we serve to the unconditional love of Christ as we protect the sanctity of human life, promote Biblical sexuality and proclaim Gods plan for marriage and the family.

The logo for The Food Bank, showing a white tree with leaves growing out of a plate, set against a dark green background.

Statesboro 
Food Bank

statesborofoodbank.org

506 Miller St., Statesboro, GA 30458

912 386 1462

info@statesborofoodbank.org

Dedicated to eliminate hunger and improving the health and well being of our community through access to healthy, nutritious food and education


Teal logo for Foundations Resource Center. An outline of a house frames the word 'FOUNDATIONS' with 'resource center' written in script below.

Foundations Resource Center

www.frcfriends.org

325 S. Main St. Statesboro, GA 30461

912 259 9596

info@foundationsresourcecenter.org

To walk alongside families, providing life affirming services, as they face crises and challenges surrounding pregnancy, parenting, and beyond

Families 4 
Families

Families4Families.ccc

417 Fair Rd. Statesboro, GA 30458

470 469 7766

shannon@Families4Families.cc

A faith based foster care agency in Georgia that recruits, trains, and supports families-in partnership with local churches-to provide safe, loving homes for children in the Georgia foster care system

The white logo for Athletes in Action, a Cru Ministry. The logo uses a stylized, dynamic font on a solid gray background.

Athletes in 
Action

www.georgiasouthernaia.com

912 481 8691

matt.wise@athletesinaction.org

We focus on equipping athletes and coaches to grow in relationship with Jesus and to multiply their life into others

The logo for Cord of 3, featuring a green shield icon with a stylized tree inside. The tree's branches form abstract figures, symbolizing a family or group.

Cord of Three Counseling


www.cordofthreecounseling.org

P.O. Box 1176 Blackshear, GA 31516

912 282 0992

info@coftcs.org

To protect and preserve the God ordained institution of the family


Christian Social Ministries

christiansocialministries.com

31 N. Zetterower Ave. Statesboro, GA 30458

912 489 2407

cowboyup.jl53@gmail.com

To provide benevolent needs such as food, utilities assistance, special case furniture, clothing and disaster relief

Fostering 
Bulloch

fosteringfamiliesga.com

6922 Hwy. 46, Statesboro, GA 30458

912 690 2498

fosteringbulloch@aol.com

We exist to share the love of Christ with children and adults in crisis situations through The Hope Chest, Camp 7, Royal Family Kids. Amplify Hope, 7th Mile Farm, and G and M McIntosh Youth Camp efforts


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Freedom Through Recovery

www.freedomthroughrecovery.org

226 S. Zetterower Ave. Statesboro, GA 30461

912 764 8283

info@freedomthroughrecovery.org

Empowering people to find their pathway to recovery